Hair curler



March 2o, 192s.

x P. c. Fe. BoorY HAIR CURLER Filed Nov. 11.` i927 Patented Mar. 20,1928.

A. UNITED STATES 1,663,291 PATENT OFFICE.i

PHILIP C. P. BOOTY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO INNOVATIONSPECIALTIES CO.. INC., OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

HAIR CURLER.

My invention relates to hair curlers of the general type disclosed byUnited States Let terslatent to Agostini, No. 1,463,028, of July 24.i923, in which the tubular member upon which the hair is wound for thecurling eii'ect is capable ot' being rotated with respect to the endportions of the device, and it is one ot' the objects of my invention toprovide an improved l'orm of means for preventing rotation of thetubular member with respect to the end portions of the device 1n thedirection for unwinding ,the hair therefrom, while at the same timeermitting free rotation of the tubular mem er in the. direction fortightening the winding of the.

- hair without any change in the position of the end memberslongitudinally of the tubular member.

It is one of the objects of my invention to provide a construction soarranged that the parts may be assembled in operatlve form with aminimum of labor and trouble, that the device can be taken apart readilyand easily for access to any of the parts as may be desired, that thesize of the tubular member may be kept within a certain predeterminedminimum, and that the device may have such certainty of action andstrength of parts as to make it effective through a long period of use.To this end, I have provided a structure of the general type disclosedby Letters Patent of the United States No. 1,641,205, to Shelton,comprising a coiled sprin of the clock-spring type for holding the tuular memberagainst rotation in one direction with respect to a centralrod whichv is held in stationary position in use by reason of beingsecured by a suitable end piece or end piece portion to the tress ofhair adjacent to the scalp, in which structure I have employed animproved construction and arrangement of parts for rendering the springeffective for preventing rotation of the tubular member in one directionwith respect to the central rod withoutthe neces-l preferably withoutthe necessityfor discon-l necting any parts. l

.It is another object of my invention to improve devices of this type insundry details hereinafter pointed out. The preferred means by which lhave accomplished my several objects are illustrated in the accompanyingdrawing and are hereinafter speciiically described. 'lhat which Ibelieve to be new and desire to cover by Letters Patent is set forth inthe claims.

Fig. 1 is a side view of the preferred form of my improved device.

Fig. 2 is a central vertical section through the device of Fig. l.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged perspective view of the elongated tubular memberot' the device -sliown in Figrl.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail view, principally in section, showing thepart constituting the head of my improved device.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of my improved spring. y

Fig. 6 is a view, partly in section, .show ing thc form of endpiece'employed.

Fig. 7 is a cross section taken at line 7-7 of Flg. 2; and

Fig. 8 is a view similar to Fig. 7 but showing the spring in reversedposition.

Referring now to the several figures, in which corresponding parts areindicated by the same reference characters,10 indicates an elongatedtubular member preferably formed of metal, forming the body of myimproved device. At one end, the tubular member 10 is provided with anenlarged knurled portion 11, and at the end beyond the knurled portionthere is a longitudinally extending slot l2 which in the constructionshown is open at the extreme end of the tubular member.

The head 13 ofmy improved device is in the form of a sleeve at one end,as is clearly shown in Figs. 2 and 4, such sleeve being of a size to tloosely about the end of the tubular member 10. The head 13, mountedupon 100 one end of the tubular body 10 is connected with the end piece14 of my device at the other end of the tubular member by means of Vacentral rod 15 which is connected with such parts 13 and 14 by means ofscrew 105 end piece 14 brought to bear against the oplil.

i end.

For holding. the tubular member 10 against'rotation in one directionwith respect to the end portions of the device, comprising the head 13and the end piece 14, While at the same time permitting free rotation ofthe parts with respect to each other' in the opposite direction, I haveprovided a coiled spring 17 of the clock-spring type adapted to beinserted between the outer face of the tubular body 'l0 and the innerface of the lsleeve portion of the head 13. The spring 17 is heldagainst rotation withrespect to the tubular member 10 by -means of Vaninwardly turned end portion 18 which is brought into releasableengagement with the slot 12 at one side of the tubular body, as is bestshown in Fig. 7. The spring is of such a size as to have a lightfrictional bearing against the inner face of the sleeve portion of thehead 13.

With the spring 17 slipped loosely into position within the sleeveportion of the head, and with the tubular member 10 inserted -into thesleeve, with the portion 18 engaging the slot 12, the spring acts topermit free rotation of the tubular member 10 in clockwise direction inFig. 7 with respect to the head 13. The arrangement is such', however,that when an attempt is made to rotate the tubular member 10 incounter-clockwise directionl in Fig. 7 with respect to the sleeve thespring has a tight gripping engagement,

with the sleeve for preventing such rotation.

yBy reason of the construction and arrangement as above described, thedevice can be very quickly and easily assembled into its completeoperative form.l The s ring 17 is first inserted in the sleeve of theead, the sleeve is then inserted without resistance over the end of thetubular member with the end portion 18 of the spring in the slot 12 andthe rod 15 and end piece 14 are slipped into position and rotated forbringing the rod into operative engagement with the head 13, whereuponthe device is ready for use.

`Whenever it is desired to reverse the direction in 'which the tubularmember 10 is Yermitted to rotate with respect to the hea 13,y

of a cord tied about the tress and secured in the slot 16. The tress ofhair is then Wound about the tubular body 'in spiral form, being tiedsecurely thereto near the end portion of the tress of hair. The operatorthen grasps the head 13 of the device for holdingthe rod 15 and the endpiece 14 in stationary position and with the other hand rotates thetubular body `10 and the tress of hair thereon in the direction fortightening the winding of the hair, upon the-tubular body, the spring 17being arranged in position for permitting rotation of the tubular bodyin the desired direction to suit the convenience of the particularoperator. The spring 17, of course, holds the tubular body from rotationin the reverse' direction. After the treatment of the tress of hair inthe approved manner for impressing the desired curl therein, the deviceis removed from the hair by being drawn longitudinally out of position,the device being ta ered slightly toward the end piece 14 foracilitating such release of the device.

While I prefer to employ the form of con struction as illustrated in thedrawing and as above described, it will be understood that my vinventionis not to be -limited with re` spect to the details of constructionillustrated except so far as the claims may be sol limited by .the priorart.

I claim 1. A hair curler comprising in combination an elongated tubularmember, a head revolubly mounted at one end of said tubular member, anend piece revolubly mounted on the opposite end of the tubular member,means for causing said head and said end piece to rotate together withrespect to said tubular member, and a coiled spring removably mountedabout said tubular member adapted by engagement with said tubular memberto rotate therewith in one direction with respect to said head andadapted by engagement with said head to prevent rotation of the tubularmember in the opposite direction with respect to the head.

v2. A hair curler comprising in combination an elongated tubular member,a head in the form ot' a sleeve revolubly mounted about one end of thetubular member, an end piece revolubly mounted at the opposite end ofthe tubular member, means for causing said head and said end piece torotate togetherwith respect to said tubular member, and a coiled springremovably mounted about said tubular member within said sleeve adaptedby engagement with said tubular member to rotate therewith in onedirection with respect'to the head and adapted by frictional engagementwith the inner face of the sleeve toprevent rotation of the tubularmember in the opposite direction with respect to the head.

3. A hair c'urler comprising in combination engaging a lon and ada t0rotate freely tion an elongated tubular member, a head a sleeve withinwhich one in the form oi end of said tubular membery is revolublymounted, means at the opposite end ofsaid tubular member -connected withsaid head ted to hold the head against rotation wit respect to a tressof hair attached thereto, and a spring of the clock-spring in saidsleeve about' type loosely mounted said tubular member with its innerend poritudinal slot in the end ar member and adapted with said tubularmember in one direction with res ect to the head but to prevent rotationof t e tubular member in the opposite direction with respect to saidportion of the tubu v head.

4. A hair lcurler comprising in combina- `adapted to hold tion anelongated tubular member,a head in the form of a sleeve vwithin whichone end of said tubular member is revolubly mounted, means at theopposite end of said tubular member connected with the head againstrotation with respect `to a tress ofV hair attached thereto, and aspring o f the clock-spring type removably and reversibly mounted insaid sleeve about its inner end portion engaging a 1ongitudi nal slot inthe end ortion of the tubular member` and adapte to rotate freely withsaid tubular member in one direction with respect to the head but of thetubular member in the opposite direction with respect to said head.

PHILIPv C. P. BOOTY.

said head vand said tubular. member with 'y to prevent rotation

